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March 31, 2011 31Mar2011 News

Communication skills more important than technical know-how for IT jobs, say IT graduates

Most IT graduates think technical skills are the least important for IT jobs, according to a survey. Continue Reading

March 31, 2011 31Mar2011 News

Troops in danger as outdated systems at the MoD reach meltdown

Outdated IT systems at the The Ministry of Defence (MoD) are reaching meltdown, with the risk of seriously affecting troops' ability to carry out operations, a National Audit Office report has found. Continue Reading

March 30, 2011 30Mar2011 News

All for one fibre, one fibre for all, says ECTA

Countries should separate the provision of new fibre networks from their operation, executives from telcos struggling to enter new national markets told the European Commission and major banks on Tuesday. Continue Reading

March 30, 2011 30Mar2011 Blog Post

Government to end ICT "oligopoly"

The government has promised to bring down the ICT oligopoly as part of a strategy that may have seismic consequences for the public and private sectors. Continue Reading

March 30, 2011 30Mar2011 News

Two-factor authentication alternatives

Worried by the breach at RSA? Here are some two-factor authentication alternatives to consider. Continue Reading

March 30, 2011 30Mar2011 Tip

Advanced Wireshark tutorial: Packet and network security analysis

This Wireshark tutorial will familiarize you with Wireshark’s advanced features, such as analyzing packets and undertaking packet level security analysis. Continue Reading

March 29, 2011 29Mar2011 News

Government puts open source at the heart of its new IT strategy

The government has launched its much-anticipated new IT strategy, highlighting open source and a promise that the coalition will do things better. Continue Reading

March 29, 2011 29Mar2011 News

Marks & Spencer extends Cognizant outsourcing deal

UK retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has expanded its outsourcing relationship with offshore IT service provider Cognizant, which extends a deal signed in 2009. Continue Reading

March 29, 2011 29Mar2011 News

Open Group launches guide to boost ISO 27005 efforts

A new guide from the Open Group is designed to help organisations meet ISO 27005 standards, but some risk management professionals feel it may not be so effective. Continue Reading

March 28, 2011 28Mar2011 News

Spotify hit by malicious ads

Spotify, the popular streaming music service, has been displaying malicious advertisements to users of its Free version. Continue Reading

March 28, 2011 28Mar2011 News

MoJ signs £22m shared services deal with Accenture

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has signed a £22m contract with Accenture to implement shared services across its human resources, payroll, finance and procurement operations for the next five years. Continue Reading

March 28, 2011 28Mar2011 News

Businesses spend over £600k a week on data security abroad

Companies are spending up to £624,000 a week to secure their most sensitive business data abroad, a study has revealed. Continue Reading

March 28, 2011 28Mar2011 News

ITC agrees to review patent ruling against Eastman Kodak

The International Trade Commission (ITC) has announced that it will review an earlier ruling in a patent dispute between Kodak Eastman and mobile handset makers Apple and Research in Motion (RIM). Continue Reading

March 28, 2011 28Mar2011 News

Facebook Studio woos advertisers with campaign comparison tool

Facebook is to launch a site to enable advertisers to view and comment on advertising campaigns on the social networking site. Continue Reading

March 28, 2011 28Mar2011 News

European Commission clears Atos bid for Siemens IT

The European Commission has cleared the proposed €850m acquisition of Siemens' IT Solutions and Service (SIS) by French IT service provider Atos Origin. Continue Reading

March 28, 2011 28Mar2011 News

Storage is key to getting the most from virtualisation

A Forrester survey shows that the benefits of server virtualisation aren’t fully realised unless the proper storage technology is in place; plus more news in brief. Continue Reading

March 27, 2011 27Mar2011 News

HDS, NetApp and EMC all agree on big data

HDS, EMC and NetApp have all picked up on the same ‘Big Data” theme in recent blogs, but is NetApp struggling to ship enough FAS 3200 units to meet demand? Continue Reading

March 25, 2011 25Mar2011 News

Police switch to Sprint ii for IT procurement

Police forces in England and Wales are having to switch IT procurement from the Buying Solutions' CITHS framework to the SPRINT ii agreement. Continue Reading

March 25, 2011 25Mar2011 News

Announcing the CW500 Club online community

Computer Weekly is pleased to announce the launch of the CW500 Club online community Continue Reading

March 25, 2011 25Mar2011 News

Hackers steal member email details from TripAdvisor site

A number of TripAdvisor members may receive spam after hackers stole email details from the travel website. Continue Reading

March 25, 2011 25Mar2011 News

UK wireless technology trends: Enterprise tablets take hold

What's next in wireless technology trends? IMS Research analysts predict enterprise tablet adoption, as well as growth in Near Field Communication, Wi-Fi Direct and M2M communication for businesses. Continue Reading

March 25, 2011 25Mar2011 Tip

Mature data loss prevention: 8 questions to ask your vendor

To determine if a data loss prevention (DLP) solution truly meet your organization’s needs, there are certain clarifications you always require. Continue Reading

March 23, 2011 23Mar2011 News

SAP combines GRC and BI in new platform

SAP has launched a new governance, risk and compliance platform that combines and integrates existing GRC and business intelligence technologies. Continue Reading

March 23, 2011 23Mar2011 News

Budget 2011: UK public worried spending cuts will impact data security

A large proportion of the UK public is worried that government spending cuts will have a negative effect on data security, a survey has revealed. Continue Reading

March 23, 2011 23Mar2011 Photo Story

Photos: The Best iPad 2 alternatives - Tablets you should know about

Tired of hearing about why you should buy the iPad 2? Want more choice? Then have a look at our top ten alternatives. Continue Reading

March 23, 2011 23Mar2011 Tip

How to stop a DDoS attack after initiation

In this expert response, Nick Lewis explains how to stop a DDoS attack after it has been initiated. Continue Reading

March 22, 2011 22Mar2011 News

What is the cost of developing apps for mobile marketplaces?

Targeting consumers through smartphone apps is proving to be a good business bet. Jenny Williams reports on the costs of creating apps for different mobile marketplaces. Continue Reading

March 22, 2011 22Mar2011 Tip

Collaboration tools: 6 aspects to consider during evaluation

Collaboration tools can help companies enhance their business applications and improve productivity. Consider these factors while evaluating collaboration tools. Continue Reading

March 22, 2011 22Mar2011 Tip

Shodan search engine for penetration tests: How-to

A very handy yet simple to use VA/PT tool, Shodan can be of great use to ethical hackers. Here’s a quick Shodan tutorial. Continue Reading

March 22, 2011 22Mar2011 News

Dundee BI masters programme takes BI practitioners to next level

Dundee University’s business intelligence masters programme is training practitioners to take a step back, focus on user requirements and think about wider applications to science. Continue Reading

March 22, 2011 22Mar2011 News

High performance networking: How NYSE Euronext trimmed latency

In financial trading even a microsecond of latency can lose a deal, so NYSE Euronext worked with Force10 Networks to build high-performance networking with collapsed tiers and super-speed Ethernet to avoid any loss. Continue Reading

March 22, 2011 22Mar2011 News

What is OpenID? How to use OpenID SSO in your organisation

An OpenID SSO system allows organisations to simplify website user authentication management. But is OpenID security an issue? Expert Michael Cobb explains. Continue Reading

March 21, 2011 21Mar2011 News

When data goes bad: how data quality analysis can fix problems

How can data quality be improved for business benefit? Data quality is complex, and thrown into relief by the pressing requirement for analysis. Learn how to clean it up through data quality analysis. Continue Reading

March 18, 2011 18Mar2011 News

Tim Berners-Lee to help protect net neutrality in UK

Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee is to work with the Broadband Stakeholders Group to ensure the UK works towards a more open internet. Continue Reading

March 18, 2011 18Mar2011 News

RSA hit by advanced persistent threat attacks

RSA, the security division of EMC, has revealed that attackers have stolen information from the company's IT systems Continue Reading

March 17, 2011 17Mar2011 News

Tests show Android is 50% faster than Apple iOS for web browsing

The latest version of Google's Android operating system (OS) is 50% faster at loading web pages than Apple's iOS, according to research. Continue Reading

March 17, 2011 17Mar2011 News

Government Digital Service launched to oversee Whitehall websites

Whitehall has set up a new organisation to oversee moves to improve the digital delivery of public services. Continue Reading

March 17, 2011 17Mar2011 Blog Post

Offshore IT workers in the UK avoid paying taxes but are not breaking the law

I write a lot about how UK IT professionals are often replaced by workers from overseas using Intra Company Transfer (ICT) visas. These workers are attractive to UK businesses because they cost ... Continue Reading

March 17, 2011 17Mar2011 News

DWP cancelled £300m Fujitsu deal over transition deadline failures

The decision by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to cancel a £300m desktop support deal with Fujitsu before it even began will lead many in the public sector to question some IT suppliers' ability to deliver on their sales pitch. Continue Reading

March 17, 2011 17Mar2011 News

Twitter increases security with HTTPS encrypted tweets setting

Twitter has added a new profile setting to increase the level of security when accessing the mobile blogging site over an unsecured Wi-Fi connections. Continue Reading

March 17, 2011 17Mar2011 News

Ban threat looms for Blackberry services as India demand corporate data access

India could block Research in Motion (RIM) from 31 March 2011 after government officials expressed dissatisfaction with access to Blackberry services. Continue Reading

March 16, 2011 16Mar2011 News

Trusteer debuts no-software malware protection

Secure web access firm Trusteer has announced a web login and transaction monitoring service to detect malware without installing software. Continue Reading

March 16, 2011 16Mar2011 News

RIM urges Blackberry users to disable Javascript after web browsing vulnerability revealed

Research in Motion (RIM) is advising Blackberry smartphone users to disable Javascript to protect against a security vulnerability in its web browser. Continue Reading

March 16, 2011 16Mar2011 News

Deutsche Bank uses social CRM to fine-tune corporate banking

Social media is driving product development at Deutsche Bank. The banking giant is using web 2.0 technologies to engage with 1,000 of its corporate customers, to find out how it can make corporate banking run more smoothly. Continue Reading

March 15, 2011 15Mar2011 News

CIO interview: Marcus East, Comic Relief

In the run-up to Comic Relief's Red Nose Day on Friday 18 March, head of future media and technology Marcus East is having a frantic week - but we managed to take a few minutes of his time to get an update on IT preparations for the event. Continue Reading

March 15, 2011 15Mar2011 News

Highlands and Islands Enterprise moves to shared services

The Scottish government's Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) economic and community development agency has signed a deal with Atos Origin to move to a shared services model. Continue Reading

March 15, 2011 15Mar2011 News

Department for Work and Pensions cancels £300m Fujitsu contract

The DWP cancelled its desktop support contract with Fujitsu before it passed to the supplier from incumbent HP. Continue Reading

March 15, 2011 15Mar2011 News

IT failures blamed for immigration system faults

IT failures have been blamed for failures of the points based immigration system in a National Audit Office (NAO) report. Continue Reading

March 15, 2011 15Mar2011 News

Adobe warns of zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash

Adobe has published a security advisory for a critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash that can be used to take control of an attacked machine. Continue Reading

March 15, 2011 15Mar2011 Tip

Top 7 anti rootkit software for Windows

It can be quite a tough task to kick out rootkits from infected Windows systems. Our list of top anti rootkit software will prove handy. Continue Reading

March 15, 2011 15Mar2011 Tip

Server sizing considerations for virtual environments

Right sizing physical server capacities is the key to a successful server virtualization deployment. An expert lists down key server sizing lookouts. Continue Reading

March 14, 2011 14Mar2011 News

US presses punitive copyright deal on trade partners

The US is continuing its secret efforts to secure tougher copyright laws, even though its Hollywood-sponsored anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (Acta) has still to be validated, a leaked document has revealed. Continue Reading

March 14, 2011 14Mar2011 News

Sky to recruit 100 IT staff in Scotland

Sky is to create 100 permanent IT roles in Scotland as part of an expansion of its customer business systems team. Continue Reading

March 14, 2011 14Mar2011 News

Analysts warn over chip supply chain delays after Japan quake

The earthquake in northern Japan last week, could damage the semiconductor industry and chip supply chain. Continue Reading

March 14, 2011 14Mar2011 Photo Story

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